The Brian Valder Memorial & Charity Trial - 28 October 2018
FINAL Results (As Version 2) here (and on the Calendar of course) Some text has been updated.
The rest of this page will be updated later but now has a Statistical breakdown of the sections and Clubs/Bikes used. Also Ben's Press Report.
A new venture for ACU Western
Final round of the ACU Western Trials Championship in memory of lifelong rider and official of ACU South Midland and ACU Western, Brian Valder. Rain or shine he supported events almost every weekend as an official and this event is being organised across ACU Western's Active clubs in tribute to his efforts. Memorial trophies will be presented.
The trial is also the last round of the ACU Western Trials Championship
The Charities - We know that Brian would appreciate that this trial is run as a charity event and all proceeds from this event will go to: the ACU Benevolent Fund which does great work helping injured riders and organisers, The Air Ambulance and Arrive Alive. The organisers would like to thank all the volunteer officials, and some of the riders who couldn't ride on the day, who donated to the worthy causes.
 The Annual Premier award |  The Replica award that winners get to keep. |
Pre-Event - 21 October: 19 members from West Glos, Cheltenham Home Guard, Zona 1, Stroud Valley and Gloucester & Cotswold clubs cleared space for 18 sections, which was a great turnout. Chainsaws, billhooks, saws and clippers made room for some great old and new sections. Every observer will get a board like the one shown below, funded by ACU Western and approved by Brian's daughter Amanda. Special awards bearing Brian's name have also been commissioned.
Ben's Press Report
The first Brian Valder Memorial Shield went to Tom Culliford by the narrowest of margins as a full house of 100 riders enjoyed an 18 section, two lap challenge put together by volunteers from across ACU Western.
He needed a much wider and unexpected margin than that to have any chance of taking the ACU Western Trials title off reigning champion Kurt Brain, who held on to the title he first won last year.
The event was held in memory of the ACU South Midland and ACU Western stalwart observer, official and rider who supported events every weekend until he passed away last year, and members of almost every ACU Western club were involved in setting out the event.
Despite heavy rain on Saturday, the sections were unaffected and rode on the easy side, which meant there was little room for error. So it proved for 2017 and 2018 ACU Western Trials Champion Kurt, who missed the overall win by getting one less clean than Tom. Both dropped six marks, just ahead of Rob Warner.
Most of the entertainment for riders and spectators came from section 15’s graded hill, observed by 12 times ACU Western Trials champion Simon Welch, who was sidelined from competition by a hand injury sustained during the week.
Only one rider managed to twice clean the steep climb which was littered with fallen tree trunks at the top and it was a rider who rarely appears on a trials bike – mountainbike Enduro World Series number six Becky Cook.
She also beat her husband Craig Talbot by a handful of marks, to finish in fifth behind Lee Hassall.
James Saunders topped the Clubman/Expert route ahead of former ACU Western Trials Champion Dan Sanders, who expertly coaxed his Yamaha TY250 round.
Rob Faulkner was a clear winner on the clubman route, and another former ACU Western Trials Champion Nigel Tomkins was the best over the Sportsman Plus route. Not far behind was Adam Colburn, mounted on a Sherco X-Ride trailbike – a very creditable performance.
The Sportsman route attracted the biggest entry and honours were split between Youth B rider Danny Laverton, pre-65 rider Keith Wells, and over 50 Steven Reece, who all lost four marks and all scored the same number of cleans. Just behind them was Nicky Holding, who made a spectacular descent of the graded hill.
Two competitors who usually ride the conducted route – Edwyn James and Aaron Watson – both acquitted themselves well on the Sportsman route, with Edwyn emerging as Best Youth D rider.
Thank you to all the observers for supporting the event.
Video
Here is BVM's video blog, which despite concentrating on their riders gives a great and rare view of the day - including that bloomin' graded hill. We should also say a big thanks to BVM and Haines & Co. for providing entry support to non-internet enabled riders. (Personal and postal entries to you and me.)
Gallery
All photos ©copyright 2018 of Amanda Valder.
ACU Western Chairman, Tony Noel, introduces the inaugural Brian Valder Trial to a literal ton of eager riders.
Harry Fouracres shows Darren, Merv and Simon how to do it on the popular Sports Plus route. |
Award winner Jamie Laverton stays focused. |
Gareth Talbot fights a slippery log. |
Simon Legg pulled back enough points to claim a 3rd in the Centre's Trials Championship series. |
Laurence Luff Lifts the BVM Sherco clear. |
Rob Warner was so close to a win on the 300 Montesa. |
Section Statistics
How to read the listing: eg Experts had the toughest section in sec 4 with a 2.58 mark average with 12 5's and only 9 cleans. with a total severity for them of 0.82 mark average. Poor conducted riders had it tough with a 1.56 average!
| Section | Score Incidence | Tot | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | Marks | Avg |
| Expert | ||||||||
| 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.12 |
| 2 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.35 |
| 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.35 |
| 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 67 | 2.58 |
| 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1.81 |
| 7 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.27 |
| 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.12 |
| 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1.46 |
| 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.5 |
| 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1.73 |
| 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.23 |
| 13 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.65 |
| 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.31 |
| 15 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.81 |
| 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.23 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2.12 |
| 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 |
| Rte Tot: | 301 | 86 | 25 | 17 | 39 | 0 | 382 | 0.82 |
| Clubman/Expert | ||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.08 |
| 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 2.29 |
| 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 3.5 |
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 89 | 3.71 |
| 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1.88 |
| 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.38 |
| 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 1.42 |
| 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1.21 |
| 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1.67 |
| 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.29 |
| 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 15 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.08 |
| 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1.04 |
| 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1.5 |
| Rte Tot: | 232 | 84 | 35 | 26 | 55 | 0 | 507 | 1.17 |
| Clubman | ||||||||
| 1 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 3 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.37 |
| 5 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 6 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 1.58 |
| 7 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0.82 |
| 8 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.18 |
| 9 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 1.12 |
| 10 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0.7 |
| 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 2.25 |
| 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 |
| 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 2.08 |
| 14 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.32 |
| 15 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1.37 |
| 16 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0.52 |
| 17 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 18 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0.8 |
| Rte Tot: | 462 | 133 | 45 | 41 | 46 | 0 | 576 | 0.79 |
| Sports Plus | ||||||||
| 1 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.19 |
| 3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.24 |
| 4 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0.64 |
| 5 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 |
| 6 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0.69 |
| 9 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0.64 |
| 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.12 |
| 11 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 1.21 |
| 13 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0.52 |
| 15 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 1.79 |
| 16 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.19 |
| 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.36 |
| 18 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0.64 |
| Rte Tot: | 588 | 85 | 47 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 347 | 0.46 |
| Sportsman | ||||||||
| 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.08 |
| 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 |
| 3 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0.96 |
| 4 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.32 |
| 5 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0.7 |
| 6 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 7 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 |
| 8 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.16 |
| 9 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0.66 |
| 10 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0.54 |
| 11 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 14 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 15 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1.94 |
| 16 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0.59 |
| 17 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0.52 |
| 18 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 87 | 1.74 |
| Rte Tot: | 741 | 46 | 56 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 448 | 0.49 |
| Conducted Hard | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.33 |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 |
| Rte Tot: | 33 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 112 | 1.56 |
Bike Stats
| Make. | Qty |
|---|---|
| Beta | 25 |
| TRS | 19 |
| Montesa | 13 |
| Gas Gas | 13 |
| Sherco | 6 |
| Scorpa | 5 |
| Oset | 4 |
| Triumph | 3 |
| BSA | 3 |
| Vertigo | 2 |
| Yamaha | 1 |
| Jotagas | 1 |
| Honda | 1 |
| Greeves | 1 |
| Fantic | 1 |
Club Stats
| Club. | Qty |
|---|---|
| Zona 1 | 17 |
| Stroud Valley AC | 15 |
| West Glos & Dean Forest MCC | 11 |
| Cheltenham Home Guard MCC | 10 |
| Kingswood MCC | 9 |
| Gloucester & Cotswold | 8 |
| Wilts Border MC & LCC | 5 |
| Swindon + District MCC | 4 |
| North Berks MCC | 3 |
| Oxford Ixion MCC | 2 |
| Civil Service Motoring Association | 1 |
| Dudley & District MCC | 1 |
| Dulais Valley MC | 1 |
| Isle of Wight MCC | 1 |
| Leamington Victory MC & LCC | 1 |
| Malvern | 1 |
| Builth Wells | 1 |
| North East London MCC | 1 |
| North Somerset Motorsports Club | 1 |
| Stratford on Avon MCC | 1 |
| The Motor Cycling Club | 1 |
| Wycombe & District MCC | 1 |
| Wye Valley Auto Club | 1 |
| Milton Buzzard MCC | 1 |